b. Dua after taking Ghusl – Wearing Ehram:

Zilhajj
easy for me and in which Thou nurtured me. And
before that Thou wert kind to me through Thy
gracious fashioning and abundant blessings. Thou
originated my creation from a sperm-drop spilled
and madest me to dwell in a threefold gloom
among flesh, blood and skin. Thou gavest me not
to witness my creation, nor didst Thou entrust me
with anything of my own affair. Then thou sentest
me out into the world for the guidance that had
been foredained for me, complete and unimpaired.
Thou watched over me in the cradle as an infant
boy, provided me with food, wholesome milk, and
turned the hearts of the nurse-maids toward me.
Thou entrusted my upbringing to compassionate
mothers, guarded me from the calamities brought
by the jinn and kept me secure from excess and
lack. High art Thou, O Merciful! O Compassionate!
Then when I began to utter speech Thou
completed for me Thy abundant blessings. Thou
nurtured me more and more each year until, when
my nature was perfected and my strength
balanced, Thou madest Thy argument encumbent
upon me by inspiring me with knowledge of Thee,
awing me with the marvels of Thy wisdom,
awakening me to the wonders of Thy creation
which Thou hadst multiplied in Thy Heaven and
Thy earth, and instructing me in Thy thanks and
remembrance. Thou madest encumbent upon me
Thy obedience and worship, madest me to
understand what Thy messengers had brought and
madest easy for me the acceptance of Thy good
pleasure. Thou wast gracious to me in all of this,
through Thy succour and kindness. Then, since
Thou created me from the best soil, Thou wert not
satisfied, my God, that I should have one blessing
without another. Thou provided me with varieties
of sustenance and kinds of garments and Thy
tremendous, most tremendous, graciousness to
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